B - School Events

 

Confluence 2005: The 8th Annual B-school Meet Organized by IIM Ahmedabad
November 24-27, 2005

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LiveStock

LiveStock and Mousetrap are other interesting events pioneered by IIMA students. LiveStock allows students to invest real money and make real returns on the Bombay Stock Exchange.
The total kitty available to each of the 60 participating teams is Rs. 30,000 out of which Rs. 25,000 has been provided by IIMA Confluence with no stop loss restriction. Mousetrap is a week long multifunctional online management game conducted as a qualifier and is developed by students themselves.

Real Life Exposure - The Experience of a Lifetime

During the regular Confluence days, the competitive events will be based on the session themes, and will include case contests, interactive management games and management simulation games.

For the first time, all case contests are being run on cases written by students themselves. They have been written by Confluence team members under the guidance of organizations like McKinsey & Company and Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation.

An illustrious list of speakers are also lined up to interact with the students during this event. This includes guests from a variety of different fields including: -

  • Mukesh Ambani (Chairman and MD, Reliance Industries)

  • Chandrababu Naidu (Former Chief Minister, Andhra Pradesh)

  • Dr JJ Irani (Director, Tata Sons)

  • Sunil Bharti Mittal (Chairman & Group MD, Bharti Group)

  • Dr Kumar Mangalam Birla (Chairman, Aditya Birla Group)

  • Dr Vijay Mallya (Chairman, UB Group)

  • Dr Arun Shourie (Member of Parliament)

  • Suresh Prabhu (Member of Parliament)

  • Subir Raha (Chairman & MD, ONGC)

  • Dr Bob Hoekstra (CEO, Philips Innovation Campus)

  • Heinz-Joachim Neuburger, (EVP & CFO, Siemens)

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